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WORLD PREMIERE' QUINTET; Every Saturday, a hand-picked 5-piece of excellent jazz players is brought together for the first time. With a different selection of musicians each week, it’s always a 'surprise' line-up - even for the players! Tonight features trumpeter Colin Steele and sax player John Burgess. 9pm. The Jazz Bar, 1a Chambers Street, Edinburgh
EDINBURGH SCHOOL OF MUSIC SHOWCASE, 3pm. ESM Director Kira Easson brings in four of her top music students to showcase their burgeoning vocal and instrumental talents. STORMY SUNDAY’ BLUES SHOWCASE, 9pm. Monthly Blues Night featuring two great blues bands. The Jazz Bar, 1a Chambers Street, Edinburgh
Recent guests have included Elvis Presley’s legendary guitarist, James Burton, Jerry Donahue, Gregg Wright, Neville Marten, Jimmy Moon & The Moonshiners, John Bruce, Adam Clarkson of Zoot Money & many more. The sessions are arranged by Rod Kennard who plays bass with The River Devils & Blues in Trouble and Ash Gupta, Guitarist & leader of KoolVibration, Scotland's top Roots Reggae ensemble featuring Trav "Hedkandi" Panesar on sax. Entrance Free except for occasional special guest nights. From 9pm - 11pm in The Ballroom. Free admission. Over 18 only. Voodoo Rooms. West Register St, Edinburgh. NEW COMMUNITY SINGING; All are welcome to the Community Singing classes led by Corrina Hewat at Fala Village Hall. No music is used (although Corrina will hand out wordsheets if there are a lot of them!) and no pressure, but a lot of fun and learning some very varied songs too, all by heart. Corrina looks forward to seeing regular singers and giving a warm welcome to newcomers - come along and give it a try, its a great way to get over summertime blues! Fala Village Hall, Pathhead. Time 8pm – 9.30pm. Cost £30 (waged) / £20 (concs) for 4 weeks. Sept 17th / Oct 1st /8th. Any questions at all just give us a shout on info@pathheadmusiccollective.org.uk 11 SEPTEMBER ELECTRO 80S; The Jam House, 5 Queen Street, Edinburgh, Doors 7.00pm, £13.50 Adv stbf
JON GREEN‘S ‘THE PAUSE’ (Jazz Quintet); ExBoston trumpeter Jonathan Green brings in his new band The Pause, an acoustic/electric 5-piece featuring Huw Rees (keyboards), Dave Series (guitar), Craig ROYAL SOUTHERN BROTHERHOOD / SAFEHOUSE; Before they even hit a chord, The Royal Macfadyen (bass) and Davide Rinaldi (drums). Their Southern Brotherhood have your attention. In the US debut gig tonight features cool original material plus a few interesting musical surprises, as their music South, where music is religion, two rock ‘n’ roll moves from the beautiful to the startling, influenced bloodlines tower above all others. In the saloon bars by diverse sources such as pianist Paul Bley, The from Mississippi to Maryland, mere mention of the Knife, and jazz legend Miles Davis. 9pm. The Jazz Bar, Allman and Neville Brothers casts a magic spell. 1a Chambers Street, Edinburgh Conversation falls silent. Pool balls stop rolling. Tengallon hats are tipped in respect and beer-bottles raised in salute. These aren’t just bands, they’re gods, 12 SEPTEMBER and with a lineup comprising both the iconic Cyril VINCENT featuring TOM BANCROFT with support Neville and Devon Allman, The Royal Southern Brotherhood come pre-loaded with expectations. Don’t from MARTIN GREEN & NATSUKI TAMURA: At worry: they can match them. The family tree might be Pathhead Village Hall, doors 7.30pm. The evening will open with the first ever meeting between Martin auspicious, but this new band trades on talent, not Green of LAU and internationally renowned trumpet genealogy. It’s not about rock history: it’s about the here-and-now. The Caves, Cowgate, Edinburgh, Doors player Natsuki Tamura followed by Tom Bancroft’s latest project, VINCENT, featuring Satoko Fuji 7.15pm,£17.50 adv stbf (Japanese avant-garde jazz pianist, composer and wife of Natsuki Tamura) and Una McGlone (double 10 SEPTEMBER bassist and improvisation artist and member of the Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra). Both sets will be SATOKO FUJII/TOM BANCROFT GROUP: completely improvised which is exciting for the ‘VINCENT’; This innovative, collaborative audience as they are guaranteed a completely unique improvisation project is inspired by the life and work experience but relatively terrifying for the performers of Vincent Van Gogh. Led by Scottish drummer/ composer Tom Bancroft, it features critically acclaimed as it is the musical equivalent of walking a tightrope. Tokyo/Berlin-based pianist Satoko Fujii, and Glasgow Come join the circus! Improvisers Orchestra bassist Una McGlone. Expect an www.pathheadmusiccollective.org.uk array of wondrous soundscapes and stimulating new music from Fujii’s relentlessly creative, gorgeous, free SUN JUICE; Edinburgh bass legend Dave Ellis and exNZ sax player Doug Tiplady bring in their brilliantly form piano, Bancroft on drums, live looping and electronica, and McGlone playing double bass in ways entertaining 5-piece playing fresh original material, with toe-tapping funk, groovy swing and bouncy that you haven’t heard before. The Jazz Bar, 1a Balkan/Klezmer sounds, featuring Rich Harrold (keys), Chambers Street, Edinburgh blues guitar ace Neil Warden, and driving funkster Willie Molleson (drums). 9pm. The Jazz Bar, 1a JAMMIN' AT VOODOO; Monthly Live Jam Session Chambers Street, Edinburgh with some of Scotland's leading musicians playing lounge grooves from many genres. Catch Blues, Soul, Funk, Ska, Rock and Reggae, Jazz & Country. There's ELECTRO 80S; The Jam House, 5 Queen Street, Edinburgh, Doors 7.00pm, £13.50 Adv stbf decent valve amps, a tight sound system & tech. Musicians play by invitation to set a good standard. 8 SEPTEMBER
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EDINBURGH BLUES CLUB with special guests Rosco Levee and The Southern Slide + Safehouse; Edinburgh Blues Club is a Social Enterprise established to harness popular support for a regular blues events in Edinburgh to ensure that the city and surrounding areas do not miss out on quality touring blues acts. The club provide a monthly blues event, featuring touring blues acts from the UK and beyond, with support from the finest local blues artists. The Edinburgh Blues Club is run on a member subscription basis, where club members can pay £10 per month in return for access to the monthly events and newsletter. Tickets are also on public sale at Ticketweb, Tickets Scotland and Ripping Records. Voodoo Rooms, West Register St, Edinburgh.
WE WERE PROMISED JETPACKS / support TBC; The Caves, Niddry St, Cowgate, Edinburgh. Doors open at 7pm KAPITAL / MARC HOULE; The Caves, Niddry St, Cowgate, Edinburgh. Doors open at 11pm 26 SEPTEMBER THE JELLYMAN'S DAUGHTER: Album launch at Henderson's at St John's, Edinburgh. An acoustic duo from Edinburgh who can be defined by intimate vocal harmonies, acoustic guitar and sometimes mellow, sometimes raucous cello that comes together to create a sound that defies the normal boundaries of the duo format. www.facebook.com/jmdmusic
on the club scene in the north east and is preparing for her first tour in London this Autumn, with studio time booked for late in the year. From 7.30pm in The Ballroom. Advance tickets £7 or £8 on the door available from Tickets Scotland (Edinburgh). Buy online here. Over 18 only. Voodoo Rooms West Register St, Edinburgh. 27 SEPTEMBER BLUEBELLY: (Dougie Burns and Bobby McDonald) Dunbar Music Festival, East Lothian. www.facebook.com/dougie.burns.1 www.dunbarmusicfestival.co.uk
ALY BAIN & PHIL CUNNINGHAM on tour: At Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 7.30pm, 0131 668 2019. Phil & Aly, two of Scotland’s most 18 SEPTEMBER BLUEBELLY: (Dougie Burns and Bobby acclaimed traditional musicians, take to the road THE LEGEND OF LUKE KELLY: At Malones McDonald) Dunbar Music Festival, East Lothian. once again, following a year of awards and chart Irish Bar, Forrest Road, Edinburgh. Chris www.facebook.com/dougie.burns.1 success, to delight audiences across Scotland Kavanagh and the band have been selling out www.dunbarmusicfestival.co.uk with their masterful, versatile and amusing venues across Ireland now for many years since performances. They have become a national they began in Dublins Hot Press HQ in 2001. The RED DAWG + MARJUN WRAAE; Red Dawg are institution with their incomparable mastery of late, great, Luke Kelly was and probably always based in Aberdeen and describe themselves as fiddle and accordion, bringing excellence in will be the greatest folk singer to come out of having become the Granite City's No. 1 blues traditional music to venues across the country. www.facebook.com/pages/Aly-Bain-Phil-Cunningham/450047325049415 Ireland and arguably the greatest folk singer of rock band. The band has the red-headed, saxall time, anywhere. Chris and the band have toting rock diva Janie, and duelling guitarists 29 SEPTEMBER recaptured that sound and brought it back to Spike and Graham, pinned down by Dino on new generations. bass and Duncan on drums. They perform an THE VASELINES / SUPPORT TBC; The www.facebook.com/MalonesEdinburgh array of awe-inspiring blues and blues rock Vaselines are an alternative rock band from www.legendoflukekelly.com masterpieces (even though they do say so Glasgow. The Caves, Niddry St. Cowgate, themselves). A huge, fun and energy-packed Edinburgh. Doors 7pm. 19 SEPTEMBER night is guaranteed. Don't miss it - this dawg bites!! Marjun Wraae Solo act, rock/ska/ HEYMOONSHAKER / BLACK CAT BONE; GERRY JABLONSKI & THE ELECTRIC BAND. reggae fusion artist. Marjun plays original Heymoonshaker are the unlikely pairing of two The Mash House, Hasties Close, 37 Guthrie St, material with a bewitching, soulful voice and a art forms that are decades apart; Grit-yourEdinburgh, Doors 7.15pm, £9 Adv stbf. rare, edgy guitar style. She is well established
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teeth, raw, blues guitar and expansive, heartpounding beatboxing. Urbanizing blues music now for nearly 2 years, Andy Balcon and Dave Crowe are extremely talented at their craft but what impresses most and has made their commitment to Beatbox Blues so successful is the indescribable chemistry these two have on stage. The musical sparring of Crowe’s powerful beats versus Andy’s possessed vocals forge together like two pieces of iron, creating an inspired piece of creativity and originality. Black Cat Bone are at the forefront of the new blues rock underground in Edinburgh. A slinky, sexy, growling sound that makes the walls sweat." Lach - BBC Radio 4. Combining the driving rhythm, percussion and riffs from North Mississippi's hill country blues with the hallmark style of slide guitar and harmonica from the Delta, Black Cat Bone stray away from the method of other blues bands currently doing the rounds. From 7.30pm in The Ballroom. Voodoo Rooms, West Register St, Edinburgh. Advance tickets £9 stbf available from Ticketweb, The Voodoo Rooms, Ripping Records, Tickets Scotland (Edinburgh). Over 18 only 2 OCTOBER BLUE ROSE CODE & DANNY THOMSON: At Glasgow’s Glad Café as part of the ‘Ballads of Peckham Rye UK Tour’. Blue Rose Code is not folk music. Or so he’s been told - Ross Wilson, the Edinburgh-born songwriter who labours under that name doesn’t write folk songs. But having discovered the traditional music of the British Isles whilst in exile down south, he fell in love with what he heard. Those sounds informed what happened next. His new album 'The Ballads Of Peckham Rye' features a remarkable roll call of musicians from the folk side of the fence, including Karine Polwart, Mattie Foulds, Lau’s Aidan O’Rourke and Rachel Newton from The Furrow Collective. Buy the album @: www.bluerosecode.bandcamp.com www.facebook.com/bluerosecode www.facebook.com/therealdannythompson
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THE SHIRES; King Tut's Wah Wah Hut 2010. NEXILVA / CARCER CITY / + guests; Nexilva 272a St Vincent Street, Glasgow, Doors 8.30pm. (Ghost Music) – “Not for the faint-hearted, Price £6.50 Nexilva play death metal with a top- notch technical flair and progressive arrangements, HELICON / HIS NAMES IS CODEINE / and boast a whole host of layers.” James KABOBO / UNCLE JUDAS; A truly awesome Monteith (Tesseract/Holdtight PR/Basick mix of totally trippy sounds. The droning Records/Metal Hammer) “Sunderland youngsters shoegaze melodies of Helicon (EK) and HNiC unleash a dizzying debut. 8/10″ – Metal (Elgin) + the whirling dervish tripped out Hammer “Impressive proficient tech death.” – nightmarish Boredoms and Italo influenced Rock Sound / Carcer City – Based in Liverpool, violence of Kabobo (Italy ) + sun soaked saloon Carcer City are a touring machine, hitting the beathall boogie psych of the ravishing Unlce road with many great bands including Silent Judas ALL ADDS UP TO FUN FOR ALL unless yr Screams, Maleface, Dead Harts, Polar and not into this kinda thing but you should be. Vote Continents. “…reverberates in your insides like a Yes. Glasgow Psych Fest 2014 shall be held over mighty militia punching at your gut, broken only 2 days. 13th Note -Saturday 6th September and by flashes of classical moments – KKKK” – Stereo-Sunday 7th September. 13th Note, 50 – Kerrang! . 13th Note, 50 –60 King Street, 60 King Street, Glasgow. Ticket £10 advance Glasgow. 8pm. price from Ticket Scotland / £15 on door – 5pm for this 13th note feast 11 SEPTEMBER TOY REVOLVER / MARTHA AND THE MOODIES / SCOTT C LOGAN / PERUVIA / HIGHWAY 491; Pivo Pivo, 15 Waterloo Street, Glasgow. Time 7pm. Tickets £5 adv £6 on the door. TEXAS GUN (Trio), Grande Ole Opry, 2-4 Govan Rd, Glasgow, £4 entry for members, (£5 for both Fri & Sat), £5 for non-members. Doors open 7:00pm 7 SEPTEMBER
MCCANN / RAISING BAIL / + 2 more; McCann – Making their comeback gig on this leg of the NHC weekender, this four piece eclectic rock and roll act play a riotous, old school original rock set with a dynamic, vintage blues twist. / Raising Bail are a four piece blues rock band from Glasgow, Scotland. They play a selection of original classic hard rock material, THE OUTSIDE TRACK; The Outside Track are as well as some classic rock covers that include a multinational traditional folk band from songs from ZZ Top, Thin Lizzy, Tom Petty and Scotland, Ireland and Cape Breton. Queens Hall, The Heartbreakers, Neil Young and Chris Issak. . Edinburgh 13th Note, 50 –60 King Street, Glasgow. Time 8pm 3 OCTOBER 8 SEPTEMBER ZION TRAIN + CAPITOL 1212 & ESCAPE ROOTS SOUND: At Studio 24 Edinburgh, doors: BENJAMIN BOOKER; King Tut's Wah Wah Hut 11pm to 3am. Tickets: £7+BF adv. / £10 on the 2010. 272a St Vincent Street, Glasgow, Doors door. The cult pioneers of a unique dub/dance 8.30pm. Price £8 cross-over sound that has been at the forefront of the UK scene for over 2 decades, and in 2014 9 SEPTEMBER celebrate this heritage with their “Dubwise No Compromise” 25th Anniversary Tour. THE STRAY BIRDS: At The Old Library, www.weedubfestival.co.uk/tickets Kilbarchan. The Stray Birds played a string of sold-out shows on the back of their triumphant 4 OCTOBER debut at Glasgow's Celtic Connections festival and went on to stand out as one of the most MICHELLE SHOCKED: The Mash House, talked about acts at the big Folk Alliance Hasties Close, 37 Guthrie St, Edinburgh, Doors International event in Kansas City. Legendary 7.15pm, £14 Adv, stbf. BBC Radio 2 presenter Bob Harris has predicted they are heading for "superstardom". 5 OCTOBER www.facebook.com/TheStrayBirds FREDDIE STEVENSON & THE RAINKINGS / LINDSEY BLACK; The Voodoo Rooms, West Register Street, Edinburgh, Doors 7.30pm, £9 Adv stbf
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The Fallen Angels Club presents: THE STRAY BIRDS @ Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow. 7.30 p.m. £13.00. The Stray Birds played a string of sold-out shows on the back of their triumphant debut at Glasgow's Celtic Connections festival and went on to stand out as one of the most talked about acts at the big Folk Alliance International event in Kansas City. Legendary BBC Radio 2 presenter Bob Harris has predicted they are heading for "superstardom". www.facebook.com/TheStrayBirds www.ticketweb.co.uk www.fallenangelsclub.com DARK HORSES / Blue Honey / Natalie Pryce; King Tut's Wah Wah Hut 2010. 272a St Vincent Street, Glasgow, Doors 8.30pm. Price £7 K STAR PRESENTS: BANDS TBA The beastliest of local alternative metal awaits yr face. And ears. ears?? FEARS! 13th Note, 50 –60 King Street, Glasgow. 8pm. 12 SEPTEMBER WINGIN’ IT on tour: At Benderloch, Village Hall, Benderloch, Argyll & Bute. Wingin’ It are one of the most highly rated guitar duo’s in the country who, in their live show, deliver a fiery, energy fuelled array of acoustic music styles. Weaving effortlessly between Bluegrass, Gypsy Jazz, Folk and Pop, their performances are sure to capture the imagination. Having won a coveted “Danny Kyle” Award at Celtic Connections, the duo have gone on to dazzle audiences ever since www.winginitduo.com STILLWATER; Grande Ole Opry, 2-4 Govan Rd, Glasgow, £4 entry for members, (£5 for both Fri & Sat), £5 for non-members. Doors open 7:00pm
Intec Digital presents ….. CARL COX & JON RUNDELL: At The Arches, Glasgow. Techno veteran and Arches patron Carl Cox and his right-hand man Jon Rundell bring their Intec 10 SEPTEMBER Digital label to Glasgow for one night only. Cat’s Club: At Webster Theatre Glasgow, £10 Anyone who’s an Arches regular will know that adv, £12 door. Led by critically acclaimed singer when the man they call Carl Cox is in town, it’s a CATHIE RAE, brings together some of party not to be missed! As one of the patrons of Scotland’s finest jazz musicians including three The Arches, Cox has a long and involved history award winners; GRAEME STEPHEN on guitar, with Glasgow’s clubbing community, and with PAUL HARRISON on piano/organ, JOHN The Arches itself, having played here countless LOWRIE on drums and the amazing Brazilian times since we opened our doors in 1991. bassist MARIO CARIBE. With Jazz Central 10pm-3am / Earlybird Tickets: £20 + £2 BF / Choir. The music is stylish and moving. Original Full Price: £25 + £2.50 BF songs, contemporary arrangements and new www.thearches.co.uk/events/clubs takes on classics. Tour Produced by ThickSkinned Productions Ltd with funding from MEDALS / Then Thickens: King Tut's Wah Creative Scotland. Free ‘Cats Club App’ @ Wah Hut 2010. 272a St Vincent Street, Glasgow,
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LOWRIE on drums and the amazing Brazilian bassist MARIO CARIBE. With Fionna Duncan & PREGNANCY SCARES (canada) / THE Ronnie Rae. The music is stylish and moving. DETERGENTS (sheffield) / CLOCKED OUT Original songs, contemporary arrangements and (Buckfast Abbey) / KIMBERLY STEAKS new takes on classics. Tour Produced by Thick(south side); PREGNANCY SCARES – Blown out Skinned Productions Ltd with funding from hardcore punk from Ottawa, Canada on tour in Creative Scotland. Free ‘Cats Club App’ @ the UK & armed with a new EP on Deranged http://bit.ly/FREECATAPP Records. Blazin’. // DETERGENTS – UK 77′ www.catsclubrae.com meets 82′ garage punkers from Sheffield, www.facebook.com/CatsClubRae featuring members of Skiplickers, Obstruct & www.twitter.com/CatsClubRae Dry Heaves. Death to the Saturday shift.m // CLOCKED OUT – Local thrash terror unit, 16 SEPTEMBER breaching your peace at 100mph. New record imminent. http://clockedout.bandcamp.com/ // SHEESHAM & LOTUS & SON: At The Old Library, Kilbarchan. They are renowned as one KIMBERLY STEAKS – Larkhall’s finest pop punk mob return with a new line-up & songs that will of the hottest and most entertaining old-time make you want to quit your job more than ever. bands on the circuit, delivering visual delights as much as a virtual musical kick up the pants as FFO: Jawbreaker, boredom, pints. 13th Note, they transport audiences to rumbustious times 50 –60 King Street, Glasgow. Doors 8pm, £6 when self-proclaimed Quacks flogged snake oil tax. as a miracle cure-all for everything from broken bones to broken hearts in those frontier 13 SEPTEMBER settlements where the men were wild and WINGIN’ IT on tour: At Tayvallich, Village Hall, women were wilder. Argyll & Bute. Wingin’ It are one of the most www.facebook.com/pages/Sheesham-and-Lotus highly rated guitar duo’s in the country who, in their live show, deliver a fiery, energy fuelled RACHEL NEWTON – Changeling. The Glad array of acoustic music styles. Weaving Cafe, Glasgow. Time 8pm. Ticket Price: £10/£8. effortlessly between Bluegrass, Gypsy Jazz, Folk Rachel Newton, singer, harpist, and multiand Pop, their performances are sure to capture instrumentalist, founder member of The Shee, the imagination. Having won a coveted “Danny the Emily Portman Trio and more recently The Kyle” Award at Celtic Connections, the duo have Furrow Collective, Rachel's musicality is much in gone on to dazzle audiences ever since demand in the folk scene. Having been busy www.winginitduo.com with collaborations such as The Elizabethan Session and touring and recording for the likes TEXAS EXPRESS. Grande Ole Opry, 2-4 Govan of Karine Polwart and Blue Rose Code, this new Rd, Glasgow, £4 entry for members, (£5 for release marks an opportunity for Rachel to place both Fri & Sat), £5 for non-members. Doors her solo work to the forefront once more. open 7:00pm www.rachelnewtonmusic.com
ELLIS COUNTY; Grande Ole Opry, 2-4 Govan Rd, Glasgow, £4 entry for members, (£5 for both Fri & Sat), £5 for non-members. Doors open 7:00pm DRAGONFORCE / Stormborn; King Tut's Wah Wah Hut 2010. 272a St Vincent Street, Glasgow, Doors 8.30pm. Price £16.00 Buckfest Day One: HANDSOME AL AND THEE BEAUTICIANS / THE WRONG BOYFRIENDS / HOMESICK ALDO / THE REVERSE COWGIRLS / KYLE M. THUNDER DJ SET; The Bucky Rage take over the basement and curate two days of ultimate rock n roll garage party vibes, you can check in any time you like but you can never STEVE. . 13th Note, 50 –60 King Street, Glasgow. 8pm £5 or weekend ticket £10 20 SEPTEMBER The Fallen Angels Club presents ..... JEFFERSON HAMER & KRISTIN ANDREASSEN: At The Admiral Bar Glasgow. Guitarist and singer Jefferson Hamer, corecipient of a 2014 BBC2 Folk Award, and songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Kristin Andreassen join together to showcase their newest original music after a spectacular year performing at the Newport Folk Festival, Royal Albert Hall, and Telluride Bluegrass Festival. Tickets £12 from Tickets Scotland 0141 204 5151 www.ticketweb.co.uk www.fallenangelsclub.com
LORRAINE MCASLAN AND VICTOR SANGIORGIO; Experience the dynamic duo of Scottish-born violinist Lorraine McAslan and ORIGIN SINS; King Tut's Wah Wah Hut 2010. 18 SEPTEMBER Australian pianist and Conservatoire teacher, 272a St Vincent Street, Glasgow, Doors 8.30pm. Victor Sangiorgio. Lorraine was described by The EXIT CALM / Thousandsounds / Common Price £6.50 Strad as “one of the most distinguished British Ground; King Tut's Wah Wah Hut 2010. 272a St violinists of her generation” and Victor hailed as Vincent Street, Glasgow, Doors 8.30pm. Price TOMMY CONCRETE & THE WEREWOLVES / “Poetic perfection” by The Times. This £8.50 NOLTI NAN GANA NAN NOLTA / formidable pair are sure to impress. Ledger ENNERACT / STOB DEARG; TOMMY Recital Room, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, WINTERLIZARD / DEATH WATCH / PYRE CONCRETE & THE WEREWOLVES Lycanthropic 100 Renfrew Street, Glasgow. Time 1pm. Tickets OF THE EARTH / WATCHER’S GUARD; Pyre poser-slayers from Edinburgh. Riffs, solos, d£9.50 (£7.50) www.rcs.ac.uk of the Earth: Glasgow-based doom band, beats, and consuming the flesh of those that incorporating post- and prog- influences into a don’t listen to enough Venom. For fans of BLUE MONDAYS WITH PAUL HARRISON; Motorhead, Warcraft, and bands that sound like crushing yet melodic aural behemoth. / You’ll be dancing all the way home after an Winterlizard: Edinburgh Black Metal with doom Motorhead. / NOLTI NAN GANA NAN NOLTA : evening of Horace Silver music with Paul overtones for fans of Shining, Mayhem et al. Edinburgh based black thrash riff warriors. No Harrison. Silver is famous for his funky playing Watcher’s Guard: Stoner doom with equal mercy! Full speed ahead! UGH! / ENNERACT : style and contributions to hard bop, this concert Effects pedal-abusing black metal from Glasgow. measures of old-school epic doom and classic should bring a smile to your face. Ledger Recital groovy riffs, for fans of Candlemass, Solstice, Absolute sonic annihilation. / STOB DEARG : Room, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Mead-driven black metal. For fans of battle-axes Saint Vitus. . 13th Note, 50 –60 King Street, Renfrew Street, Glasgow. Time 7.30pm. Tickets Glasgow. Tickets £5, Time 7.30pm. and pagan sacrifice. . 13th Note, 50 –60 King £9.50 (£7.50) www.rcs.ac.uk Street, Glasgow. Tickets £5, Time 7. 19 SEPTEMBER BEN MONTAGUE / Charly Houston / Nieves; 14 SEPTEMBER King Tut's Wah Wah Hut 2010. 272a St Vincent THE LEGEND OF LUKE KELLY: At Malones Street, Glasgow, Doors 8.30pm. Price £8.00 Irish Bar, Sauchiehall Lane, Glasgow. Chris TOMMY SMITH YOUTH JAZZ ORCHESTRA: Kavanagh and the band have been selling out The Tommy Smith Youth Jazz Orchestra CHASIN' THE WIND; Grande Ole Opry, 2-4 promises another exciting programme that pays venues across Ireland now for many years since Govan Rd, Glasgow, £4 entry for members, (£5 they began in Dublins Hot Press HQ in 2001. The for both Fri & Sat), £5 for non-members. Doors tribute to more great names in jazz including late, great, Luke Kelly was and probably always open 7:00pm Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie and more. will be the greatest folk singer to come out of Infectious swing, mellow mood and Ireland and arguably the greatest folk singer of Buckfest Day Two: DIRTY RED contemporary jazz will inspire and entertain all in an afternoon of jazz not to be missed. Ledger all time, anywhere. Chris and the band have TURNCOATS / LES GRANDES Recital Room, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, recaptured that sound and brought it back to HORIZONTALES / THE FNORDS / THE new generations. 100 Renfrew Street, Glasgow. Time 7.30pm. ATOMS / CHARLES RANDOLPH RIVERS’ www.facebook.com/malonesbarglasgow Tickets: £10 (£5), Under 16’s free; £5.00 with SLIM RHYTHM REVUE / JACOB YATES AND www.legendoflukekelly.com SNJO Youth Card THE PEARLY GATE LOCK PICKERS / THE www.rcs.ac.uk BUCKY RAGE / GEEK MAGGOT BINGO / ALTAN: At St Andrews in the Square, TONI SMOKE FT SHADOWPEOPLE. The Bucky Glasgow,7.30pm - 10pm, £16. Over 25 years of Rage take over the basement and curate two 15 SEPTEMBER playing together, Altan have established days of ultimate rock n roll garage party vibes, Cat’s Club: At Garlochhead Village Hall, £10 / themselves as one of the most important live we’ve never been more pleased to admit our £8 / £2.50. Led by critically acclaimed singer acts to play traditional Irish music in Ireland and undying kissy crush for these ruffians except CATHIE RAE, brings together some of on the World stage. The Boston Globe has one time we did but the swagman he up and he Scotland’s finest jazz musicians including three described them as “The hottest group in the jumped in the water hole drowning himself by award winners; GRAEME STEPHEN on guitar, Celtic realm!” the coolibah treeeeee and his ghost may be PAUL HARRISON on piano/organ, JOHN www.facebook.com/altanofficial heard as it sings in the billabong, who’ll come a’
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BLUE ROSE CODE & DANNY THOMSON: At Glasgow’s Glad Café as part of the ‘Ballads of Peckham Rye UK Tour’. Blue Rose Code is not folk music. Or so he’s been told - Ross Wilson, the Edinburgh-born songwriter who labours under that name doesn’t write folk songs. But having discovered the traditional music of the CROOKED LITTLE SONS / THE HEATHEN JAZZ OPENER - BOB MINTZER; Our Fridays at British Isles whilst in exile down south, he fell in CLUB / JAMIE FLETT AND THE FLAMING One series begins the year once again with a love with what he heard. Those sounds informed JETS; Raw primal rock and roll is felt and not Jazz opener, featuring legendary saxophonist what happened next. His new album 'The Ballads learnt.Crooked Little Sons know this.The rest will Bob Mintzer. Best known for his work with Of Peckham Rye' features a remarkable roll call be history. Socks will be rocked off. Taps will be ground-breaking jazz-fusion outfit the of musicians from the folk side of the fence, knocked off. Come see them quick before the Yellowjackets, he is also a renowned jazz including Karine Polwart, Mattie Foulds, Lau’s taps get left to run and the bathrooms get educator and composer, and will be sharing his Aidan O’Rourke and Rachel Newton from The flooded. D-I-S-C-O. Top notch support from ex wealth of experience with our students. Furrow Collective. Buy the album @: www. members of the Baltimore Swing Jazz Improv Stevenson Hall, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, bluerosecode.bandcamp.com Arkestra, bringing us new found sounds in a 100 Renfrew Street, Glasgow. Time 1pm, www.facebook.com/bluerosecode contructed yet no less feral boogie chalice. . 13th Tickets: £11 (£8.50) www.facebook.com/therealdannythompson Note, 50 –60 King Street, Glasgow 8pm www.rcs.ac.uk 2 OCTOBER 23 SEPTEMBER 27 SEPTEMBER THE INDOS: At Pivo Pivo, Glasgow. Born and The Stripped Sessions Presents ….. BRIAN THE INDOS: At Ivory Blacks, Glasgow. Born bred in North Edinburgh, The Indos are an NASH plus Support THE JOYCE TWINS: At and bred in North Edinburgh, The Indos are an alternative rock band who take influence from Black Sparrow, Glasgow. Tickets are available alternative rock band who take influence from the mod, pop and heavier rock that emerged from www.stgpromo.com only, £10. the mod, pop and heavier rock that emerged from British rock bands of the 1960's. Mixing a www.facebook.com/StgPromotions from British rock bands of the 1960's. Mixing a blend of heavy guitar driven tracks with more blend of heavy guitar driven tracks with more melodic songs the Indos have created a unique Indievous Presents ….. THE UNKNOWN + melodic songs the Indos have created a unique sound. 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Doors open popular and gloriously talented singer/ BAINY / THE SINSHEIMERS; Bainy – Mix of songwriter headlined the first ever Festival back cover songs & original soft rock numbers, always 7:00pm in 2007. For this show, she will supported by pleases the crowd / The Sinsheimers – Fun pop28 SEPTEMBER Ben Glover who won many admirers during his rock band that have been tried and tested to performance at Glasgow Americana last year at crowds of all ages, always go down a treat & get the Gram Parsons’ tribute night. rave reviews all over the shop / Marli McHugh – THE COAL PORTERS PLUS FIRST CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE, Woodend Bowling www.ticketweb.co.uk A young girl who performs both her own songs and Tennis Club, 30 Chamberlain Road, www.glasgowamericana.com and some classics / Kaileigh Thomson – Solo Jordanhill, Glasgow acto who performs her own soft rock +country BRAW BRASS: Return from Brazil, This summer songs, with excellent choice of tunes and the JIVE PARTY Grande Ole Opry, 2-4 Govan Rd, we were proud to have flown the flag for wittiest of banters. . 13th Note, 50 –60 King Glasgow, £4 entry for members, (£5 for both Fri Scotland in Brazil, as we exported our popular Street, Glasgow. Time 8pm, & Sat), £5 for non-members. Doors open collaboration between Brass and Traditional to 7:00pm the renowned ISME conference in Rio, which we 25 SEPTEMBER will host in Glasgow in 2015. See our wellJAWS / Fickle Friends / Brawlers; King Tut's THE SCOTTISH NATIONAL JAZZ ORCHESTRA travelled musicians present Scottish Music with plays the music of Yellowjackets featuring the Wah Wah Hut 2010. 272a St Vincent Street, some Samba flair! Stevenson Hall, Royal Yellow jackets’ saxophonist, Bob Mintzer. Glasgow, Doors 8pm. Price £8.00 Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, Stevenson Hall, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Glasgow. Time 1pm. Tickets: £11 (£8.50) 100 Renfrew Street, Glasgow. 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10 OCTOBER WIND ORCHESTRA: Strictly Come Dancing…in America. We’ve been dancing before with the Wind Orchestra, and this time they take us across the Pond for toe-tapping music from Robert Russell Bennett, Leonard Bernstein and our own American in Scotland, Steve Forman. Stevenson Hall, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, Glasgow. Time 1pm. Tickets: £11 (£8.50) www.rcs.ac.uk 11 OCTOBER SKERRYVORE are a multi-award winning folkrock band from Scotland. Falkirk Town Hall, Westbridge Street, Falkirk. Standing; limited seating for disabled may be available. Contact Box Office.Doors 19:00, Starts 20:00. Tickets £15 from Box Office, 01324 506850 or online www.ticketsource.co.uk 13 OCTOBER
STRINGS SHOWCASE; Discover the vibrations emanating from the string department in this showcase of top students. Ledger Recital Room, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, Glasgow. Time 1pm, Tickets: £9.50 (£7.50) www.rcs.ac.uk
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HOTEL CALIFORNIA – Eagles Tribute. During the evolution of the Eagles Story, word spread 14 OCTOBER throughout the industry and reached as far as The Eagles themselves. Don Felder was in need ROD PICOTT, Woodend Bowling and Tennis of a backing band in order for him to perform at Club, 30 Chamberlain Road, Jordanhill, Glasgow the prestigious Dunhill Cup in St Andrews. Hotel California were enlisted at short notice to play 16 OCTOBER and delivered a blistering set with Don Felder fronting the evening. Such was the success of the event that two years later they were asked The Fallen Angels Club presents ..... THE again to repeat the honourable task of HOWLIN’ BROTHERS plus support: At The supporting Don at the same event. High praise Admiral Bar Glasgow. The Howlin’ Brothers had indeed and a twice in a lifetime achievement for a very good year in 2013, following the release the band members involved at the time! Mundell of HOWL, their first nationally and Music, Backstage at The Green Hotel 2 Muirs, internationally released album. HOWL, featuring Kinross. Tickets £20 plus bf. Doors 8pm, 9pm Warren Haynes (on one track, “Big Time”), start. brought instant success to the band, and the trio www.wegottickets.com/searchresults/location toured their brand of “old-time string country www.mundellmusic.com/ blues with an indie-rock edge” throughout the U. S. and into Canada. We would imagine we won’t 7 SEPTEMBER see them play a venue this size on their next trip here. Tickets £12 from Tickets Scotland ANGUS LYON & DUNCAN LYALL: New Voices 0141 204 5151 Tour 2014. Also performing is Patsy Reid, Innes www.ticketweb.co.uk Watson, Fraser Fifield, Ali Hutton, Alyn Cosker, www.fallenangelsclub.com Iain Sandilands, Chas MacKenzie. 9 of Scotland’s top musicians on the road to tour a double bill of THE HOWLIN’ BROTHERS PLUS SUPPORT; two Celtic Connections New Voice’s The trio have toured their brand of “old-time Commissions, Angus Lyon’s ’3G’ and Duncan string country blues with an indie-rock edge” Lyall’s ‘Infinite Reflections’. Gardyne Theatre, throughout the U.S. and into Canada. The Dundee, Time 7.30pm –10pm. Tickets £12/£10 majority of the 13 original songs that comprise Trouble, were influenced by the people they met 10 SEPTEMBER and struggles they encountered on the road over the past year. The Admiral Bar Waterloo Street THE STRAY BIRDS: At Carnegie Hall, Glasgow. Tickets £12 from Tickets Scotland Dunfermline. The Stray Birds played a string of 0141 204 5151 sold-out shows on the back of their triumphant debut at Glasgow's Celtic Connections festival CASEY DRIESSEN; Has spent his career and went on to stand out as one of the most pushing the boundaries of fiddle music. With the talked about acts at the big Folk Alliance release of his new album, The Singularity, the International event in Kansas City. Legendary 34-year old virtuoso proves that the possibilities BBC Radio 2 presenter Bob Harris has predicted of one man, one five-string fiddle, and one pedal they are heading for "superstardom". board are endless. The Singularity, Driessen’s www.facebook.com/TheStrayBirds third record, is a solo album in every sense of the phrase—the only sounds listeners hear are 11 SEPTEMBER created by the looping of fiddle and voice. At his core, he is a bluegrass fiddler, albeit one who WINGIN’ IT on tour: At Backstage @ The honed his skills at Berklee College of Music. The Green Hotel, Kinross. Doors 8pm Show 9pm Old Hairdressers, 22 –28 Renfield Lane, Tickets £12 adv. Tel 01577 863467. Wingin’ It Glasgow. Starts 8pm. Price: £10/£8 are one of the most highly rated guitar duo’s in the country who, in their live show, deliver a 17 OCTOBER fiery, energy fuelled array of acoustic music styles. Weaving effortlessly between Bluegrass, PROFESSOR FALI PAVRI: Reflections on India. Gypsy Jazz, Folk and Pop, their performances As the last reverberations of Commonwealth are sure to capture the imagination. Having won celebrations echo in Glasgow, Professor Fali a coveted “Danny Kyle” Award at Celtic Pavri juxtaposes the western Classical repertoire Connections, the duo have gone on to dazzle of Bach and Beethoven’s A-flat Piano Sonata audiences ever since with two works by Indian composer John Mayer www.winginitduo.com influenced by Indian classical music. CalcuttaNagar is a series of vignettes on the composer’s 12 SEPTEMBER hometown, and for the meditative Prabhanda Fali is joined by his wife, cellist Naomi BooleInveresk Fiddle Concert: A violin hewn from a Masterson. Stevenson Hall, Royal Conservatoire branch of a willow tree growing at the National of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, Glasgow. Time Trust for Scotland’s Inveresk Lodge Garden will 1pm. Tickets: £11 (£8.50) be brought to life in the hands of acclaimed www.rcs.ac.uk fiddler PETE CLARK in a concert at Dunkeld Cathedral. Pete, joined by cellist RON SHAW and flautist KATHARINE WAKE will play a selection of 18th century Scottish music. Crafted by Edinburgh-based maker of violins, violas and cellos, Steve Burnett, the wood was gathered as part of routine pruning at the historic garden. The use of willow is unusual – violins are mostly made from maple or sycamore. 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KRISSY MATHEWS and JEDD POTTS BLUES BAND; Krissy and Jed first met in 2012 at the Shetland Island Blues Festival. Both players got on very well, and when they first played together, realised that they both have a unique and individual playing style that blends really nice together on stage. Since then, they have jammed at various times on the road, and now will be doing their first full length show together on stage the whole time with a rhythm section behind them. Mundell Music, Backstage at The Green Hotel 2 Muirs, Kinross. Tickets £12 plus bf. Doors 8pm, 9pm start. www.wegottickets.com/searchresults/location www.mundellmusic.com/ 13 SEPTEMBER MUD IN YOUR EAR - ALLAN JONES AND RICHARD O'DONNELL; If you are an aficionado of real blues or just a great lover of live music then come along to Backstage on Saturday September 13th when two of the great Scottish Blues performers Allan and Richard bring their arsenal of vintage instruments and songs to Kinross. As MUD IN YOUR EAR, Allan and Richard have been regular performers at the UK's top blues festivals, including Banbury, Colne R&B Festival, Burnley Blues Festival and Dundee Blues Bonanza. They specialise in early acoustic blues from the 1920s and 1930s, as well as early electric blues from the 40s and 50s. Close your eyes, and when both of them sing, you'll be instantly transported to a Delta juke joint or to a Southside Chicago blues lounge. Mundell Music, Backstage at The Green Hotel 2 Muirs, Kinross. Tickets £10 plus bf. Doors 8pm, 9pm start. www.wegottickets.com/searchresults/location www.mundellmusic.com/ 14 SEPTEMBER Fife Jazz Club presents ….. A Jazz Jamboree Celebrating Fife Jazz Club 6th Anniversary, phone 01592 750625 for tickets (£8 or £20 for all three events): Albert Hotel, 25 Main Street, North Queensferry, Fife, KY11 1JG from 2pm Trad Jazz with HIGH SOCIETY JAZZ BAND. Ferrybridge Hotel, 1 Main Street, North Queensferry, Fife, KY11 1JG, from 4.30pm vocal Jazz with LIZ DICKS, TINA HAHN & Friends. North Queensferry Community Centre, Brock Street, North Queensferry, Fife, KY11 1JD, from 7.30pm. Big Band Swing with INVERKEITHING COMMUNITY BIG BAND www.facebook.com/groups/fifejazzclub 15 SEPTEMBER SUNJAY BRAYNE: At Glenfarg Folk Club @ The Glenfarg Hotel, Perthshire. Show 8pm. A young talented folk blues guitarist, and singer-song writer. BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award Nominee (2012); Exposure Music Awards Nominee Best Live Act & Folk Act (2014) www.glenfargfolkclub.com www.facebook.com/SunjayBrayneMusic 18 SEPTEMBER
time bands on the circuit, delivering visual delights as much as a virtual musical kick up the pants as they transport audiences to rumbustious times when self-proclaimed Quacks flogged snake oil as a miracle cure-all for everything from broken bones to broken hearts in those frontier settlements where the men were wild and women were wilder. www.facebook.com/pages/Sheesham-andLotus 25 SEPTEMBER JOHN OTWAY and WILD WILLY BARRET; John Otway first achieved notoriety with his eye-watering performance on Old Grey Whistle Test and subsequent hit single 'Really Free' in 1977. A heady mix of blind ambition and rank incompetence was to keep this microstar shining for almost two decades despite Otway's ability to turn any situation to his own disadvantage. His autobiography 'Rock and Roll's Greatest Failure' out sold, by a factor of ten, all the records he had released since his hit, and now Otway is struggling to live up to this billing - selling out London Astoria for his 2000th gig in 1993. Mundell Music, Backstage at The Green Hotel 2 Muirs, Kinross. Tickets £18 plus bf. Doors 8pm, 9pm start. www.wegottickets.com/searchresults/location www.mundellmusic.com/ 28 SEPTEMBER THE OUTSIDE TRACK; The Outside Track are a multinational traditional folk band from Scotland, Ireland and Cape Breton. Pitlochry Festival Theatre, Pitlochry 2 OCTOBER ZION TRAIN + support: At Reading Rooms Dundee, doors: 11pm to 3am. Tickets: £5+BF adv. / £8 on the door. The cult pioneers of a unique dub/dance cross-over sound that has been at the forefront of the UK scene for over 2 decades, and in 2014 celebrate this heritage with their “Dubwise No Compromise” 25th Anniversary Tour. www.weedubfestival.co.uk/tickets 3 OCTOBER THE OUTSIDE TRACK; The Outside Track are a multinational traditional folk band from Scotland, Ireland and Cape Breton. Frigate Unicorn Dundee 4 OCTOBER SKERRYVORE are a multi-award winning folk-rock band from Scotland. Reid Hall, Castle Street, Forfar. Doors 19:30; With support. Tickets £15 forfardramatic.ticketsource.co.uk/ THE OUTSIDE TRACK; The Outside Track are a multinational traditional folk band from Scotland, Ireland and Cape Breton. Nevis Centre Fort William
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MUSIC NEWS Scotland GIGguide …….. page 15: aberdeen / north east Live @ Captain Toms: Web music show streamed live from Captain Tom’s studios in Aberdeen @ www.kpx.tv https://twitter.com/LiveAtCaptToms www.facebook.com/LiveAtCaptainToms 17 SEPTEMBER Paintings as Arguments: Five Decades of Cultural and Political Change in Scotland: Peacock Visual Arts, Aberdeen at 6:30pm, join us an for evening of discussion and music with Alexander Moffat, Alan Riach, Professor of Scottish Literature at the University of Glasgow, and renowned musicologist and composer John Purser. Centred on the work of Alexander Moffat this exhibition opens enquiries into important changes and achievements in cultural expression and education, artistic means of production and dissemination in Scotland and their international contexts. A panel discussion on Wednesday 17 September at 6:30pm will allow for wider reflection and public engagement. Places are limited so please contact sarah@peacockvisualarts.co.uk to book your seat. www. peacockvisualarts.co.uk
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MARTIN CARTHY AND DAVE SWARBICK CARL VERHEYEN AND HIS GROUP; Returning Delivering their hard core traditional music. The Lemon Tree Lounge (seated), West North Street, to Europe after an amazing reception of their Aberdeen, doors at 8pm. Tickets from tel 01224 tour late last year. The Lemon Tree Lounge (seated), West North Street, Aberdeen, doors at 641122 or www.aberdeenperformingarts.com 7.30pm. Tickets from www. aberdeenperformingarts.com or tel 01224 8 OCTOBER 641122 ROYAL SCOTTISH NATIONAL ORCHESTRA performs a programme which includes works by Wagner, Rouse and Rimsky-Korsakov, with conductor Peter Oundjian and flautist Katherine Bryan. The Music Hall, Union St, Aberdeen at 7.30pm. Tickets from www. aberdeenperformingarts.com or tel 01224 641122
ROSS AINSLIE AND JARLATH HENDERSON With a fusion of pipes and flutes which pushes the boundaries of performance. The Lemon Tree Lounge (seated), West North Street, Aberdeen, doors at 8pm. Tickets from tel 01224 641122 or www.aberdeenperformingarts.com
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ELIZA AND THE BEAR As part of Aberdeen Performing Arts’ Freshly Squeezed series, Eliza and the Bear, a band who have supported the likes of Paramore, Imagine Dragons and Twin Atlantic, and are now on their own headline tour, in The Lemon Tree Lounge (standing), West North Street, Aberdeen, doors at 7.30pm. Tickets from tel 01224 641122 or www.aberdeenperformingarts.com
CARPENTER & MAY; “Fred Carpenter and Tim May play roots music at its best. Using guitar, fiddle, mandolin, bass, and vocals, they can mow down backyard bluegrass, tug the Celtic heartstrings, or even croon a jazz standard”. 20 SEPTEMBER TIM O'BRIEN. Fred and Tim are a one-two punch: two virtuosos who share a passion for SHEESHAM & LOTUS & SON: At The Tin Hut, acoustic music from many different traditions. Gartly, by Huntly. They are renowned as one of Both have a musical maturity and depth of the hottest and most entertaining old-time phrasing that instantly complement and play off bands on the circuit, delivering visual delights as each other. From achingly beautiful ballads, much as a virtual musical kick up the pants as through celtic airs, jigs and reels, to hot jazz they transport audiences to rumbustious times and fiery bluegrass, they bless us with their when self-proclaimed Quacks flogged snake oil talent, their vision and the generosity of spirit as a miracle cure-all for everything from broken with which they play."KATHY MATTEA. bones to broken hearts in those frontier “Carpenter & May are everything you could ask settlements where the men were wild and for in an acoustic act. They are the cream of the women were wilder. crop, both as solo players and side men, and www.facebook.com/pages/Sheesham-and-Lotus together they make a beautiful musical statement: fiddle and guitar with heart and soul 24 SEPTEMBER and a whole lotta fun! We have a high standard for live music here at Stone Mountain Arts THE JELLYMAN'S DAUGHTER: Album launch Center, and Fred and Tim had no trouble living at Blue Lamp, Aberdeen. An acoustic duo from up to it. -CAROL NOONAN. The Blue Lamp, 121 Edinburgh who can be defined by intimate vocal Gallowgate, Aberdeen. Time 7.30pm. Tickets harmonies, acoustic guitar and sometimes £8adv/ £10 on the door. mellow, sometimes raucous cello that comes www.almostbluepromotions.com together to create a sound that defies the www.carpenterandmay.com normal boundaries of the duo format. www.facebook.com/jmdmusic BIG COUNTRY performing songs from their 29 SEPTEMBER Cat’s Club: At Lemon Tree, Aberdeen, £12 / £10 (+booking). Led by critically acclaimed singer CATHIE RAE, brings together some of Scotland’s finest jazz musicians including three award winners; GRAEME STEPHEN on guitar, PAUL HARRISON on piano/organ, JOHN LOWRIE on drums and the amazing Brazilian bassist MARIO CARIBE. The music is stylish and moving. Original songs, contemporary arrangements and new takes on classics. Tour Produced by Thick-Skinned Productions Ltd with funding from Creative Scotland. Free ‘Cats Club App’ @ http://bit.ly/FREECATAPP www.catsclubrae.com www.facebook.com/CatsClubRae www.twitter.com/CatsClubRae
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12 OCTOBER BROKEN RECORDS Taking their dynamic live show on the road, Broken Records in The Lemon Tree Lounge (standing), West North Street, Aberdeen, at doors 8pm. Tickets (over 14s only) from tel 01224 641122 or www.aberdeenperformingarts.com 13 OCTOBER RODDY HART AND THE LONESOME FIRE, One of Scotland’s most industrious and respected bands. The Lemon Tree Lounge (seated), West North Street, Aberdeen, doors at 7.30pm. Tickets from tel 01224 641122 or www.aberdeenperformingarts.com 14 OCTOBER
LULO REINHART, One of the most unique voices in gypsy-jazz music today, Lulo Reinhart, brings his Latin-Swing Project combining pure classic multi-million selling album Steeltown. The Lemon Tree Lounge (standing), West North gypsy swing music with elements of Latin music Street, Aberdeen, doors at 8pm. Tickets from tel such as flamenco, tango and bossa nova to The Lemon Tree Lounge (seated), West North Street, 01224 641122 or Aberdeen, doors at 8pm. Tickets from tel 01224 www.aberdeenperformingarts.com 641122 or 10cc; One of the most inventive and influential www.aberdeenperformingarts.com bands in the history of pop music. The Music 15 OCTOBER Hall, Union St, Aberdeen at 7.30pm. Tickets from www.aberdeenperformingarts.com or tel ADAM WALKER Aberdeen Performing Arts 01224 641122 presents Culture Café, featuring London Symphony Orchestra’s principal flautist Adam 6 OCTOBER Walker, accompanied by fellow Borletti-Buitoni Fellow James Bailieu, in the Music Hall, THE AMAZING SNAKEHEADS, The Lemon Aberdeen at 1pm. Tickets from tel 01224 Tree Lounge, West North Street, Aberdeen, 641122 or doors at 7pm. Tickets (over 14s only) from tel www.aberdeenperformingarts.com 01224 641122 or www.aberdeenperformingarts.com
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THE OUTSIDE TRACK AND PAUL MCKENNA BAND Two of the most dynamic, exciting an engaging traditional Celtic music acts, The Outside Track and Paul McKenna Band join forces in The Lemon Tree Lounge (seated), West North Street, Aberdeen, doors at 7.30pm. Tickets from tel 01224 641122 or
THE ULTIMATE EAGLES Celebrating the 20th anniversary of the iconic Eagles Reformation album Hell Freezes Over, The Ultimate Eagles, who have performed to more than 200,000 people in over 20 different countries, in the Music Hall, Union St. Aberdeen at 7.30pm.
JUAN MARTIN presents two guitarras malaguenas with Chaparro de Malaga, From the Malaga tradition of flamenco, in The Lemon Tree Lounge (seated), West North Street, Aberdeen, doors at 8pm. Tickets from tel 01224 641122 or www.aberdeenperformingarts.com 17 OCTOBER
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MUSIC NEWS Scotland GIGguide …….. page 16: aberdeen / north east + highlands SKERRYVORE From the Isle of Tiree, the critically-acclaimed Skerryvore go back on the road to deliver a flavour of their upcoming album in The Lemon Tree Lounge (standing), West North Street, Aberdeen, doors at 8pm. Tickets from tel 01224 641122 or www.aberdeenperformingarts.com
for its 10th year in Scotland. The Lemon Tree Lounge, West North Street, Aberdeen, at 6pm. Tickets from tel 01224 641122 or www.aberdeenperformingarts.com 24 OCTOBER
AGS CONNOLLY; Ags Connolly is a traditional country singer-songwriter from West Oxfordshire THE NEW DISTILLERY CEILIDH BAND; An evening of traditional Scottish dancing to one of in the UK. Country is the simplest description, the most exciting ceilidh bands on the circuit, in but Ags is a proud supporter of Dale Watson’s ‘Ameripolitan’ movement, which supports new the Music Hall, Union St, Aberdeen at 8pm. music with a roots influence, away from the Tickets from tel 01224 641122 or modern incarnation of country that exists today. www.aberdeenperformingarts.com Ags’s influences come essentially from hardcore country like David Allan Coe, Johnny Cash, 18 OCTOBER Johnny Paycheck, Robert Earl Keen and Chris Knight. However, he also takes major nonTHE CHAIR, Aberdeen Performing Arts’ Northern Arc series pairs up the 2008 Scots Trad country influences from the likes of Loudon Wainwright III and Ron Sexsmith. The Blue Music Band of the Year The Chair, and Lamp, 121 Gallowgate, Aberdeen. Time 7.30pm. Traditional Folk Artist of the Year Henrik Tickets £8adv/ £10 on the door. Jansberg and his band for a night of top rank www.almostbluepromotions.com musicianship, in the Music Hall, Aberdeen at www.agsconnolly.com 7.30pm. Tickets from tel 01224 641122 or www.aberdeenperformingarts.com ORCHESTRA D’AUVERGNE AND RED NOTE ENSEMBLE Twinned cities Aberdeen and DAVID O’DOHERTY HAS CHECKED EVERYTHING Presenting a new hour of talking Clermont-Ferrand partner up to stage an exciting Franco-Scottish collaboration of two ensembles and songs. The Lemon Tree Lounge (seated), West North Street, Aberdeen, at 8.30pm. Tickets Orchestra D’Auvergne and Red Note Ensemble and composers from France and Scotland, in the from tel 01224 641122 or Music Hall, Union St, Aberdeen at 7.30pm. www.aberdeenperformingarts.com Tickets from tel 01224 641122 or www.aberdeenperformingarts.com 19 OCTOBER MARC ROBINSON The UK’s top Buddy Marc Robinson returns with the fabulous Buddy Holly – A Legend Reborn, in the Music Hall, Aberdeen at 7.30pm. Tickets from tel 01224 641122 or www.aberdeenperformingarts.com
25 OCTOBER ALADAIR BEATSON, Elegant refinement is the graceful focus of Scottish Ensemble’s collaboration with acclaimed Perth-born pianist Aladair Beatson, who is the soloist in Mozart’s Piano Concerto No12 and joins artistic director and violinist Jonathan Morton in Haydn’s Double Concerto in F, in the Music Hall, Aberdeen at 7.30pm. Tickets from tel 01224 641122 or www.aberdeenperformingarts.com
BENNY GALLAGHER One half of the legendary Gallagher & Lyle, Benny Gallagher, who has written more great songs than seems really fair and remains one of the best players on the circuit plays The Lemon Tree Lounge, West North Street, Aberdeen, doors at 7.30pm. Tickets from NEW PIPING/VOICE As part of the sound festival, New Piping/Voice with Erwan Keravec on tel 01224 641122 or bagpipes, soprano Donatienne Michel-Dansac www.aberdeenperformingarts.com and baritone Benat Achiary, in The Lemon Tree Lounge (seated), West North Street, Aberdeen, 21 OCTOBER at 6pm. Tickets from tel 01224 641122 or MOGWAI, Scots quintet Mogwai, promote Rave www.aberdeenperformingarts.com Tapes – their eighth studio album and their FULGOR AL BIES As part of the sound festival, second on their own label Rock Action, in the the quartet of sound artists from Argentina, Music Hall, Aberdeen, doors at 7pm. Tickets Fulgor Al Bies, blend sounds of traditional (over 14s only) from tel 01224 641122 or instruments, extended techniques, audio www.aberdeenperformingarts.com processing and Buenos Aires soundscapes, in The Lemon Tree Studio (seated), West North 22 OCTOBER Street, Aberdeen, at 8pm. Tickets from tel 01224 641122 or ORIGINAL MANFRED MANN members Paul Jones, Mike Hugg and Tom McGuiness are joined www.aberdeenperformingarts.com by Rob Townsend, Marcus Cliffe and Simon 26 OCTOBER Currie in, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 It’s The Manfreds In Concert: Maximum R&B, in the Music Hall, SCOTT MATTHEWS Ivor Novello Award winning Aberdeen at 7.30pm. Tickets from tel 01224 singer/songwriter, on an intimate solo tour. The 641122 or Lemon Tree Lounge (seated), West North Street, www.aberdeenperformingarts.com Aberdeen, doors at 8pm. Tickets from tel 01224 641122 or 23 OCTOBER www.aberdeenperformingarts.com TWIN ATLANTIC Hot on the heels of their Glastonbury and T in the Park summer triumphs, 28 OCTOBER rising Scots alternative rockers Twin Atlantic play JAMES YORKSTON Embarking on a tour in the Music Hall, Aberdeen, doors at 7.30pm. support of his eighth studio album, showcasing Tickets from tel 01224 641122 or his new work. The Lemon Tree Lounge (seated), www.aberdeenperformingarts.com West North Street, Aberdeen, doors at 7.30pm. Tickets from tel 01224 641122 or VOX/NU-PIPING #2’ sound, the ambitious www.aberdeenperformingarts.com festival of new and experimental music is back
COURTEENERS English indie rock band Courteeners in the Music Hall, Union St, Aberdeen, doors at 7pm. Tickets from tel 01224 641122 or www.aberdeenperformingarts.com 30 OCTOBER CAMILLE O’SULLIVAN A singer famed for her amazing live performances and who performed her own six-week run in London’s West End. The Lemon Tree Lounge (standing), West North Street, Aberdeen, doors at 7.30pm. Tickets from www.aberdeenperformingarts.com or tel 01224 641122
HIGHLANDS Send us all your gig dates for the Highlands Email them to Carol carol.musicnewsscotland@gmail.com 6 SEPTEMBER THE STRAY BIRDS: At Eden Court Theatre, Inverness. The Stray Birds played a string of sold-out shows on the back of their triumphant debut at Glasgow's Celtic Connections festival and went on to stand out as one of the most talked about acts at the big Folk Alliance International event in Kansas City. Legendary BBC Radio 2 presenter Bob Harris has predicted they are heading for "superstardom". www.facebook.com/TheStrayBirds ANGUS LYON & DUNCAN LYALL: New Voices Tour 2014. Lyth Arts Centre, Wick, Time 8pm – 10pm. Tickets £12/£10/£6 7 SEPTEMBER THE STRAY BIRDS: At Universal Hall, Findhorn. The Stray Birds played a string of sold-out shows on the back of their triumphant debut at Glasgow's Celtic Connections festival and went on to stand out as one of the most talked about acts at the big Folk Alliance International event in Kansas City. Legendary BBC Radio 2 presenter Bob Harris has predicted they are heading for "superstardom". www.facebook.com/TheStrayBirds 11 SEPTEMBER Cat’s Club: At Moray Jazz Club, Elgin, £3 members / £5. Led by critically acclaimed singer CATHIE RAE, brings together some of Scotland’s finest jazz musicians including three award winners; GRAEME STEPHEN on guitar, PAUL HARRISON on piano/organ, JOHN LOWRIE on drums and the amazing Brazilian bassist MARIO CARIBE. The music is stylish and moving. Original songs, contemporary arrangements and new takes on classics. Tour Produced by Thick-Skinned Productions Ltd with funding from Creative Scotland. Free ‘Cats Club App’ @ http://bit.ly/FREECATAPP www.catsclubrae.com www.facebook.com/CatsClubRae www.twitter.com/CatsClubRae 12 SEPTEMBER Cat’s Club: At Durness Village Hall, £10 / £7 Tickets On Door. Led by critically acclaimed singer CATHIE RAE, brings together some of
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Morzine, France. Gigging super prolifically during winter seasons throughout the Alps and beyond, they play everything including but not limited to; blues, disco, dub, folk, pop, metal, reggae and rock! A hugely versatile act, they can be enjoyed either as a fully amplified rock band or as a stripped down acoustic act depending on the vibe and atmosphere of the venue! Y-Not Bar & Grill, Meadow Lane, Thurso, Caithness. Start 8pm. Free Entry. Tel 01847 892272 www.facebook.com/YNOTTHURSO www.theinnynot.co.uk www.cabcollective.com
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SKERRYVORE are a multi-award winning folkrock band from Scotland. In association with Royal National Mod Fringe. Ironworks, 122B Academy St, Inverness. under 16s must be accompanied by responsible adult. Standing; limited seating for disabled may be available. Doors 19:30. Tickets £12 from Box Office, 0871 789 4173 or online www.ticketmaster.co.uk/ event/36004C34CF894F8D? camefrom=CFC_UK_MU1586_WEBLINK
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WINGIN’ IT on tour: At The Old Bridge Inn, Dalfaber Road, Aviemore, Tel 01479 811137. Wingin’ It are one of the most highly rated guitar duo’s in the country who, in their live show, deliver a fiery, energy fuelled array of acoustic music styles. Weaving effortlessly between Bluegrass, Gypsy Jazz, Folk and Pop, their performances are sure to capture the imagination. Having won a coveted “Danny Kyle” Award at Celtic Connections, the duo have gone 19 SEPTEMBER on to dazzle audiences ever since www.winginitduo.com SHEESHAM & LOTUS & SON: At Eden Court Theatre, Inverness. They are renowned as one of www.oldbridgeinn.co.uk the hottest and most entertaining old-time bands on the circuit, delivering visual delights as much 3 OCTOBER as a virtual musical kick up the pants as they transport audiences to rumbustious times when SKERRYVORE are a multi-award winning folkrock band from Scotland. Three Villages self-proclaimed Quacks flogged snake oil as a Community Hall, Arrochar. Doors 19:00; With miracle cure-all for everything from broken support, from 19:30 Tickets £15 (u/14 £12.00) bones to broken hearts in those frontier from Three Villages Hall. settlements where the men were wild and www.threevillageshall.org.uk and from Arrochar women were wilder. www.facebook.com/pages/Sheesham-and-Lotus Post Office
Cat’s Club: At Astley Hall, Arisaig, £7, £6 & £2. Led by critically acclaimed singer CATHIE RAE, brings together some of Scotland’s finest jazz musicians including three award winners; GRAEME STEPHEN on guitar, PAUL HARRISON on piano/organ, JOHN LOWRIE on drums and the amazing Brazilian bassist MARIO CARIBE. The music is stylish and moving. Original songs, contemporary arrangements and new takes on classics. Tour Produced by ThickSkinned Productions Ltd with funding from Creative Scotland. Free ‘Cats Club App’ @ http:// bit.ly/FREECATAPP www.catsclubrae.com www.facebook.com/CatsClubRae www.twitter.com/CatsClubRae
Cat’s Club: At The Stables, Cromarty, £10, £8 £3. Led by critically acclaimed singer CATHIE RAE, brings together some of Scotland’s finest jazz musicians including three award winners; GRAEME STEPHEN on guitar, PAUL HARRISON on piano/organ, JOHN LOWRIE on drums and the amazing Brazilian bassist MARIO CARIBE. The music is stylish and moving. Original songs, contemporary arrangements and new takes on classics. Tour Produced by ThickSkinned Productions Ltd with funding from Creative Scotland. Free ‘Cats Club App’ @ http:// bit.ly/FREECATAPP www.catsclubrae.com 21 SEPTEMBER www.facebook.com/CatsClubRae www.twitter.com/CatsClubRae Caithness Gigs presents ..... VIGO THIEVES: At Assembly Rooms, Sinclair Terrace, Wick, KW1 16 SEPTEMBER 5AB. £7.00 / Over 18s Only. Tickets / Info @ www.caithnessgigs.com/whats-on/ Cat’s Club: At Plockton Hall, £9, £7 & £3. Led by critically acclaimed singer CATHIE RAE, brings together some of Scotland’s finest jazz musicians including three award winners; GRAEME STEPHEN on guitar, PAUL HARRISON on piano/organ, JOHN LOWRIE on drums and the amazing Brazilian bassist MARIO CARIBE. The music is stylish and moving. Original songs, contemporary arrangements and new takes on classics. Tour Produced by ThickSkinned Productions Ltd with funding from Creative Scotland. Free ‘Cats Club App’ @ http:// bit.ly/FREECATAPP www.catsclubrae.com www.facebook.com/CatsClubRae www.twitter.com/CatsClubRae
Cat’s Club: At Glenurquhart Public Hall £10 (incl. Tea). Led by critically acclaimed singer CATHIE RAE, brings together some of Scotland’s finest jazz musicians including three award winners; GRAEME STEPHEN on guitar, PAUL HARRISON on piano/organ, JOHN LOWRIE on drums and the amazing Brazilian bassist MARIO CARIBE. The music is stylish and moving. Original songs, contemporary arrangements and new takes on classics. Tour Produced by Thick-Skinned Productions Ltd with funding from Creative Scotland. Free ‘Cats Club App’ @ http://bit.ly/FREECATAPP www.catsclubrae.com www.facebook.com/CatsClubRae www.twitter.com/CatsClubRae
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29 OCTOBER ZOE MUTH & THE LOST HIGH ROLLERS: At Eden Court Theatre, Inverness. Since relocating to Austin, Texas, Zoe Muth & The Lost High Rollers have matured to become one of the greatest country bands currently working the US circuit and, with a brand new album (their third) just released which many are saying is their best yet, they make a welcome return to these shores to keep UK fans happy. www.zoemuth.com
WEST COAST ISLANDS / SHETLAND / ORKNEY Send us all your gig dates for all of the Scottish islands Email them to Carol carol.musicnewsscotland@gmail.com 6 SEPTEMBER Transclyde Music presents ….. THE LEWIS HAMILTON BAND : At Craigmore Bowling Club. Transclyde Music promote live music on the Isle of Bute. Tickets from Musicker 01700 502287. https://twitter.com/transclydemusic http://transclydemusic.co.uk/ 11 SEPTEMBER BATTLEFIELD BAND on tour: At Ceol Cholasa, Colonsay Hall, Isle of Colonsay. Tickets: £70.00. Battlefield Band will be playing various concerts
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MUSIC NEWS Scotland GIGguide …….. page 20: islands + shetland / orkney + ayrshire / dumfriesshire in Scotland during August and September. Under their banner 'Forward with Scotland’s Past', Battlefield Band have been a bedrock of talent for over four decades, and continue to lead the way for Scotland with their inspired fusion of ancient and modern traditional music and song. www.ceolcholasa.co.uk www.battlefieldband.co.uk 17 SEPTEMBER Cat’s Club: At Carinish Hall, North Uist, £8, £6 & £2 Tickets On door. Led by critically acclaimed singer CATHIE RAE, brings together some of Scotland’s finest jazz musicians including three award winners; GRAEME STEPHEN on guitar, PAUL HARRISON on piano/organ, JOHN LOWRIE on drums and the amazing Brazilian bassist MARIO CARIBE. The music is stylish and moving. Original songs, contemporary arrangements and new takes on classics. Tour Produced by Thick-Skinned Productions Ltd with funding from Creative Scotland. Free ‘Cats Club App’ @ http://bit.ly/FREECATAPP www.catsclubrae.com www.facebook.com/CatsClubRae www.twitter.com/CatsClubRae 19 SEPTEMBER Cat’s Club: At Lismore Hall, Lismore island £8 Tickets on door. Led by critically acclaimed singer CATHIE RAE, brings together some of Scotland’s finest jazz musicians including three award winners; GRAEME STEPHEN on guitar, PAUL HARRISON on piano/organ, JOHN LOWRIE on drums and the amazing Brazilian bassist MARIO CARIBE. The music is stylish and moving. Original songs, contemporary arrangements and new takes on classics. Tour Produced by Thick-Skinned Productions Ltd with funding from Creative Scotland. Free ‘Cats Club App’ @ http://bit.ly/FREECATAPP www.catsclubrae.com www.facebook.com/CatsClubRae www.twitter.com/CatsClubRae 25 SEPTEMBER Cat’s Club: At Aros Centre, Skye with Rick Taylor £12, £10, £6. Led by critically acclaimed singer CATHIE RAE, brings together some of Scotland’s finest jazz musicians including three award winners; GRAEME STEPHEN on guitar, PAUL HARRISON on piano/organ, JOHN LOWRIE on drums and the amazing Brazilian bassist MARIO CARIBE. The music is stylish and moving. Original songs, contemporary arrangements and new takes on classics. Tour Produced by Thick-Skinned Productions Ltd with funding from Creative Scotland. Free ‘Cats Club App’ @ http://bit.ly/FREECATAPP www.catsclubrae.com www.facebook.com/CatsClubRae www.twitter.com/CatsClubRae
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26 SEPTEMBER Cat’s Club: At An Lanntair, Isle of Lewis, £10, £9 & £8. Led by critically acclaimed singer CATHIE RAE, brings together some of Scotland’s finest jazz musicians including three award winners; GRAEME STEPHEN on guitar, PAUL HARRISON on piano/organ, JOHN LOWRIE on drums and the amazing Brazilian bassist MARIO CARIBE. The music is stylish and moving. Original songs, contemporary arrangements and new takes on classics. Tour Produced by Thick-Skinned Productions Ltd with funding from Creative Scotland. Free ‘Cats Club App’ @ http://bit.ly/FREECATAPP www.catsclubrae.com
Send us all your gig dates for Dumfriesshire, South West and Cumbria areas Email them to Carol carol.musicnewsscotland@gmail.com 6 SEPTEMBER BACKWATER ISIS, Eagle Tavern, 3-5 The Cross, Prestwick. Time 9pm. Tickets Free. WILDCARD. The Alton Inn, 57 Byres Rd,
Kilwinning. Time 9pm. Free admission. BACK IN THE RED; The Bellfield Tavern, 11 Welbeck St, Kilmarnock. Free admission 11 SEPTEMBER LIVE AT THE EAGLE hosted by Tambo & The Spitfires with guest bands & musicians. All types of music welcome. All gear supplied. Eagle Tavern,3-5 The Cross, Prestwick. Time 9.15pm. For further information contact Bill 07967 503027 12 SEPTEMBER THE STRAY BIRDS: At The Buccleuch Centre, Langholm. The Stray Birds played a string of sold-out shows on the back of their triumphant debut at Glasgow's Celtic Connections festival and went on to stand out as one of the most talked about acts at the big Folk Alliance International event in Kansas City. Legendary BBC Radio 2 presenter Bob Harris has predicted they are heading for "superstardom". www.facebook.com/TheStrayBirds 13 SEPTEMBER THE HALOS, Eagle Tavern,3-5 The Cross, Prestwick. Time 9pm. Tickets Free. ELECTRIC WARRRIOR (80’s tribute). The Alton Inn, 57 Byres Rd, Kilwinning. Time 9pm. Free admission. DAVID BURNS; The Bellfield Tavern, 11 Welbeck St, Kilmarnock. Free admission 17 SEPTEMBER SUNJAY BRAYNE: At Irvine Folk Club, Vineburgh Community Centre, Irvine. N. Ayrshire. Show 8pm. Show 8pm. A young talented folk blues guitarist, and singer-song writer. BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award Nominee (2012); Exposure Music Awards Nominee Best Live Act & Folk Act (2014) www.irvinefolkclub.trad.org.uk www.facebook.com/SunjayBrayneMusic 18 SEPTEMBER LIVE AT THE EAGLE hosted by Tambo & The Spitfires with guest bands & musicians. All types of music welcome. All gear supplied. Eagle Tavern,3-5 The Cross, Prestwick. Time 9.15pm. For further information contact Bill 07967 503027 19 SEPTEMBER PHIL & ALY Spring Tour: At Kirkcudbright Parish Church, St Mary's Street, DG6 4AQ. 7:30pm.. In 1988, two members from two of Scotland’s leading bands, “The Boys of The Lough” and “Silly Wizard”, came together to work on a television series. You could say “the rest is history”. Aly Bain and Phil Cunningham enjoyed performing together so much that they decided to have a small tour that year. 25 years on, they are filling not only small village halls, but all of our major performance venues. http://philandaly.com/ GOLD CUP SPECIAL WITH REPUBLIC OF SOUL, Eagle Tavern,3-5 The Cross, Prestwick. Time 9pm. Tickets Free. 20 SEPTEMBER
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goNORTH @ Belladrum These acts appeared on the goNORTH Stage @ Belladrum Hector Bizerk : Model Aeroplanes : Our Future Glory : Neon Waltz : Tijuana Bibles : Broken Ravens : Ella the Bird (Siobhan Wilson) : Foreignfox : Poor Things : Hunter & The Bear : Garden of Elks : Campfires in Winter : Cryptic Keys : Jipsy Magic : Dagny : Ollie Forrest : Last of the Privateers : Eleanor Nicolson : Whispery Club : Silver Coast : Holy Esque : SHAPED : Searching For Donkeys : An C첫rsa Ci첫il (UHI) : Na Balaich (UHI)
goNORTH Stage @ Wickerman These acts appeared on the goNORTH Stage @ Wickerman Broken Records : Ella The Bird (Siobhan Wilson) : Roman Nose : United Fruit : Teen Canteen : Prehistoric Friends : Wecamefromwolves : The Moon Kids : Scary People : Schnarff Schnarff : Pale Honey : Dante : Copper Lungs : Our Future Glory : Halfrican : Angus Munro : Vladimir : Adopted as Holograph : Felix Champion : Culann www.facebook.com/gonorthinverness https://twitter.com/goNORTHFEST www.gonorthfestival.co.uk
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THE BOYDS; Classic songs unplugged. Beatles, Fleetwood Mac, Crosby Stills and Nash, Clapton, Sting. 2 hours of fantastic harmonies and great arrangements. A really good night out. Smailholm Village Hall.Roxburghshire. BYOB. Tickets £8 on the door from 7pm, starts 7.30pm or from www.borderevents.com
THE SPLINTERS, The Alton Inn, 57 Byres Rd, Kilwinning. Time 9pm. Free admission.
BLIND PANIK, Eagle Tavern,3-5 The Cross, Prestwick. Time 9pm. Tickets Free.
THE LIFT SHAFT INCIDENT, The Bellfield Tavern, 11 Welbeck St, Kilmarnock. Free admission
ROLLED GOLD, The Bellfield Tavern, 11 Welbeck St, Kilmarnock. Free admission www.facebook.com/pages/The-Boyds/612926505399713 b THE LIFT SHAFT INCIDENT, The Alton Inn, 57 Byres Rd, Kilwinning. Time 9pm. Free admission. 20 SEPTEMBER
21 SEPTEMBER SHEESHAM & LOTUS & SON: At Harbour Arts Centre, Irvine. They are renowned as one of the hottest and most entertaining old-time bands on the circuit, delivering visual delights as much as a virtual musical kick up the pants as they transport audiences to rumbustious times when self-proclaimed Quacks flogged snake oil as a miracle cure-all for everything from broken bones to broken hearts in those frontier settlements where the men were wild and women were wilder. www.facebook.com/pages/Sheesham-and-Lotus WILLY PORTER: A virtuoso guitarist and singer-song writer, touring the UK in September and October he is playing The Wee Gig, at Abington Village Hall, Carlisle Road, Abington, Lanarkshire. Show 8pm Tickets £10 Tel 07966 243587 www.theweegig.co.uk www.facebook.com/willyportermusic 25 SEPTEMBER
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LIVE AT THE EAGLE hosted by Tambo & The Spitfires with guest bands & musicians. All types www.facebook.com/pages/Kazmiranda-Vintage-Local-Art-Boutique/478898812161209 www.facebook.com/TheMusicGalleryUk of music welcome. All gear supplied. Eagle Tavern,3-5 The Cross, Prestwick. Time 9.15pm. 12 SEPTEMBER For further information contact Bill 07967 503027 THE BOYDS; Classic songs unplugged. Beatles, Fleetwood Mac, Crosby Stills and Nash, Clapton, 27 SEPTEMBER Sting. 2 hours of fantastic harmonies and great arrangements. A really good night out. Gordon THE SPLINTERS, Eagle Tavern,3-5 The Cross, Village Hall. (halfway between Greenlaw and Prestwick. Time 9pm. Tickets Free. Earlston), BYOB. Tickets £8 on the door from 7pm, starts 7.30pm or from GOODFELLOWS, The Alton Inn, 57 Byres Rd, www.borderevents.com Kilwinning. Time 9pm. Free admission. www.facebook.com/pages/The-Boyds/612926505399713
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THE BOYDS; Classic songs unplugged. Beatles, Fleetwood Mac, Crosby Stills and Nash, Clapton, Sting. 2 hours of fantastic harmonies and great arrangements. A really good night out. Sprouston Village Hall. Nr Kelso. BYOB. Tickets £8 on the door from 7pm, starts 7.30pm or from www.borderevents.com www.facebook.com/pages/The-Boyds/612926505399713
24 SEPTEMBER THE OUTSIDE TRACK; The Outside Track are a multinational traditional folk band from Scotland, Ireland and Cape Breton. Buccleuch Centre Langholm, Scottish Borders. 26 SEPTEMBER THE BOYDS in concert: At Birgham Village Hall (between Kelso + Coldstream). 7.30pm. Tickets £8 on the door. Two voices and one guitar unplugged.A selection of great songs re arranged into a groove and style that work for us and hopefully an audience too! www.facebook.com/pages/The-Boyds/612926505399713
27 SEPTEMBER THE BOYDS; Classic songs unplugged. Beatles, Fleetwood Mac, Crosby Stills and Nash, Clapton, Sting. 2 hours of fantastic harmonies and great arrangements. A really good night out. Roxburgh Village Hall, Nr Kelso. Bar. Tickets £8 on the door from 7pm, starts 7.30pm or from www.borderevents.com www.facebook.com/pages/The-Boyds/612926505399713
17 OCTOBER Kazmiranda ‘Music’ Café in Berwick presents ..... ROD CLEMENTS of 'Lindisfarne' fame playing and recording his live video as he likes the 'cool vibe' of the café. There will be very limited spaces, so if you want to be part of the live video, book now. Its £15 per head and includes a wonderful buffet. For details email Brian at themusicgallery@btconnect.com
THE BOYDS; Classic songs unplugged. Beatles, Fleetwood Mac, Crosby Stills and Nash, Clapton, Sting. 2 hours of fantastic harmonies and great LIVE AT THE EAGLE hosted by Tambo & The arrangements. A really good night out. Spitfires with guest bands & musicians. All types Morebattle Templehall Hotel. Main Street, www.facebook.com/pages/Kazmiranda-Vintage-Local-Art-Boutique/478898812161209 of music welcome. All gear supplied. Eagle Morebattle, Nr Kelso, Bar. Tickets £8 on the door www.facebook.com/TheMusicGalleryUk Tavern,3-5 The Cross, Prestwick. Time 9.15pm. from 7pm, starys 7.30pm or from For further information contact Bill 07967 www.borderevents.com 25 OCTOBER 503027 2 OCTOBER
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St Boswells Live! presents TARRAS plus HANNAH SCOTT: The northern folk-rock machine that is TARRAS. Playing as a 5-piece, THE SEXX GODZ, Eagle Tavern, 3-5 The Cross, St Boswells Live! presents ‘the Post Tarras are unsung heroes of the resurgence of Prestwick. Time 9pm. Tickets Free. Referendum Blues’ (Pop, Rock etc.): Tired of folk music in the 1990s. As old as time and as the referendum? Want to think about something modern as the hour, the music of Tarras is WILDCARD, The Bellfield Tavern, 11 Welbeck completely different? Here's one way to get impossible to pigeonhole. Supporting Tarras is St, Kilmarnock. Free admission away from the arguments that will be raging the Ipswich-based singer-songwriter Hannah Scott. day after the vote. A FREE jam session taking Her songs are personal, moving and uplifting, THE HAT, The Alton Inn, 57 Byres Rd, place in the Upper Hall, St Boswells Village Hall and with a voice to melt to hardest of hearts we Kilwinning. Time 9pm. Free admission. at 8pm. Bring your own drinks; we'll supply a are sure you’ll love her as much as we do. few snacks, plus tickets on sale for the next two Tickets @ http://stboswellslive.wordpress.com/ 9 OCTOBER gigs, cheaper than online! Donations welcome to www.stboswellslive.com cover the cost of hall hire. All welcome, please LIVE AT THE EAGLE hosted by Tambo & The bring instruments, voices and friends. RSVP Spitfires with guest bands & musicians. All types info@stboswellslive.com, just so we how many of music welcome. All gear supplied. Eagle are coming. www.stboswellslive.com Tavern,3-5 The Cross, Prestwick. Time 9.15pm. For further information contact Bill 07967 19 SEPTEMBER 503027 4 OCTOBER
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SEPTEMBER Nairn Book and Arts Festival Nairn 2-7 September
the beach next to the Concert Hall ahead of the doors opening for the Red Hot Chilli Pipers. Featuring Troon’s Blackrock and Boys Brigade Pipe Bands, Sum Wummin Drummin and the Troon All Star Cheerleaders – and there’s no doubt more entertainers and floats will be added! www.liveattroon.com
A unique celebration of literature, drama, music and art in the Highlands of Scotland. We’re really proud of our Festival Programme this year; with more variety than ever, we’re sure you and your family will love it. There will be music for all tastes, from the inimitable jazz violinist Tim Kliphuis to the Scottish Tango Ensemble, and some of the country’s best Scottish traditional musicians, including the Occasionals, Highland Connection and Mike Vass, join us for a special charity concert in memory of talented fiddler Ian Hardie. We’d love you to join us for our first ever large scale singing event, Four Seasons of Song – no previous choir experience necessary, just join in and sing! https://nairnfestival.co.uk/
Skye Book Festival Isle of Skye 4-6 September Walks, Tours, Music, Songs and Poetry. Celebrating books, people and places. www.facebook.com/skyebookfest
Bathgate Music Festival Bathgate 4-7 September The programme features a range of musical styles, profiles local music making, involve people of all ages, promotes a high quality professional programme and provides music education opportunities for young people. www.facebook.com/pages/Bathgate-Music-Festival/147565131921816
Blas Festival Highlands 4-15 September
Glasgow 1-5 October Glasgow's annual celebration of Americana brings musicians from as far afield as Texas and Canada to perform roots music from blues to rockabilly. www.glasgowamericana.com
Midfest
The Cumnock Tryst
Dalkeith 6-7 September Midlothian's arts and culture festival Midfest is coming back, bigger than ever with the help of the Homecoming Scotland 2014 fund. This year's event is kicking off with a massive music festival at Dalkeith Country Estate featuring Scottish bands such as Big Country and the Bay City Rollers. Midfest: Grown in Scotland will also feature a host of other bands from Scotland www.midfestgrowninscotland.co.uk
NonStuff Festival Wiston Lodge, South Lanarkshire : 12-14 September The Forgotten Works bring you NonStuff – events with unamplified performances, permaculture, workshops and games. After a calamitous but eventually successful crowfunding campaign – the first ever NonStuff festival is happening in September. www.nonstuff.co.uk
Best of the West Festival Inveraray 13-14 September Best of the West Festival an 'end of season' showcase held annually in the grounds of Inveraray Castle in Argyll. This family weekend includes two days of music and song with performances in both English and Gaelic. The festival has a strong focus on local young talent as well as the best of the established performers. As well as a great line-up of music, food and drink it's also important to us to provide a wide range of activities for all ages.
Cumnock 2-5 October A new music festival under the leadership of Scottish composer, James MacMillan CBE Cumnock, Scotland. It is hoped that The Cumnock Tryst will become an annual event with concerts in venues in and around the town. The programme will feature some of the finest, international classical artists, as well as music and musicians from different backgrounds both stylistically and socially. The Cumnock Tryst aims to make its strong commitment to the community at the heart of all its activities, for instance involving young people at school and college, amateur choirs and local bands. www.thecumnocktryst.com
Ullapool Guitar Festival Ullapool 3-5 October Come and Join us for the 15th Ullapool Guitar Festival this October. Amazing musicians in concert and held held in stunning surroundings. Enjoy workshops, concerts, the guitar exhibition/ trade show and the best kept secret in Ullapool "The Late Club" - starting at midnight and runs till 03.00 am (and sometimes longer!). If you love guitar music in all its forms then this Festival is not to be missed. www.ullapoolguitarfestival.com
'SHADES' Haddo Arts Festival 2014 Aberdeenshire 3-12 October
Blas Festival is the Highlands' premier Gaelic and traditional music festival. Blas takes place in www.bowfest.co.uk venues across the Highlands and includes an eclectic line-up of local, national and international artistes. Loopallu www.blas-festival.com
Live @ Troon Ayrshire 5-7 September
A 10 day long festival of the arts at Haddo House in Aberdeenshire. The 'Haddo Arts Festival’ running in October is a prestigious 10 day event, bringing together performers and artists of national importance alongside the distinctive and talented voices of the North East. This is Ullapool hoped to be a durable and important annual 26-27 September Scottish festival using the fantastic facilities at On paper they said it wouldn’t work, a festival in Haddo and its country park. late September in a remote village on the West www.haddoartsfestival.org.uk Coast of Scotland 60 miles from the nearest town, but Loopallu seven years later has had the likes of Paolo Nutini, Mumford & Sons and Franz Ferdinand grace their little stage. This is a small Torridon Mountain & intimate festival with a line-up of well known Sea Festival festival favourites and Scottish acts. Torridon, Highlands
The fifth annual Live at Troon Festival is beginning to take real form for the weekend of Friday 5th to Sunday 7th of September with the main acts now in place for the weekend and some new events taking place around the town. The www.loopallu.co.uk Red Hot Chilli Pipers will be the headline act on the Friday opening night and we can reveal that the wonderful Eddi Reader will be headlining with her full band on the Saturday night at Troon Concert Hall. The early evening event will feature a parade of local performers leading the good folk of Troon from the starting point at the swimming pool towards the Live Music tent on Glasgow Americana
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OCTOBER Festival
The festival has grown out of the annual Torridon Ale & Torridon Walking festivals traditionally held on the first and second weekends in October, filling the space between with a range of events closely tied to the mountains and sea. Here you will find sea kayaking, wildlife trips, mountain walking, scrambling, climbing, landscape photography, local food and crafts, all
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Tenement Trail Festival Glasgow 4 October
ends. Top-class UK and international names feature in a programme of traditional jazz music in one of Scotland's prettiest and friendliest seaside resorts.
Celtic Connections 2015 comprises a wealth of concerts, ceilidhs, talks, workshops, free events www.butejazz.com and late night sessions taking place over 18 days across various venues in Glasgow.
Brew at the Bog
TENEMENT TRAIL festival is back for the second consecutive year with a dynamic line-up of bands. Stretching across four venues on Glasgow’s famous Sauchiehall Street, the festival will see over 30 acts of an eclectic mix of genres take to the stages in October from noon until the early hours to help celebrate Tenement TV’s third birthday.
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Super earlybird tickets have already sold out! Next batch of tickets go on sale in October! Brew at the Bog is BrewDog and Bogbain Farm’s gift to the world: a festival full of new music and new beer. BrewDog are the leaders of the craft beer revolution and they are about breaking Edinburgh International rules, taking risks, upsetting trends, unsettling Harp Festival institutions but first and foremost, great tasting www.tenementtv.com Edinburgh beers. As one newspaper put it, BrewDog is the 10-15 April 2015 new black. Bogbain Farm is based just outside Inverness and was crowned the “Best Unusual The Spree The Clarsach Society & Edinburgh International Venue” at the 2012 Scottish Event Awards. Brew Paisley Harp Festival is an annual celebration and gath- at the Bog is just the latest in festivals Bogbain October 10-18 ering of musical talents. Find out more about us is hosting and the fabulous surroundings of this at www.clarsachsociety.co.uk The Clarsach Soci- old farm will ensure Brew at the Bog 2015 will go Paisley's national festival of music, comedy and ety (Comunn na Clarsaich) encourages interest down in history. arts, now in it third year - taking place at various in the instrument, especially amongst young venues in the town centre players, who enjoy its adaptability to solo work, www.brewatthebog.com accompaniment or ensemble playing. The Sociwww.thespree.co.uk ety also presents the Edinburgh International Harp Festival - an annual celebration and gather- Dumfries & Galloway ing of musical talents. Every Spring we bring Arts Festival Perthshire Amber harpists from across the globe together to rub Dumfries and Galloway shoulders with you, the audience. The Dougie MacLean Festival 21-31 May Perthshire www.harpfestival.co.uk 24 October - 2 November Our 9-day festival has taken place since 1979. The founding aim was to bring international perThis is the 10th year of our festival and promises formers of the highest quality to a region cononce again to be full of wonderful concerts feataining many scattered rural communities since turing the finest of Scotland's musical talent as then this region has produced some of its own well as some international guests. Our venues talent of international standing and we’re proud are as special as ever … ranging from the presto also be able to present these artistes from tigious Perth Concert Hall to town halls and tiny time to time. We offer a wide range of events: village halls, from atmospheric castles to our his- 35th Shetland Folk Festival music – including classical, jazz and folk, dance, Shetland toric Dunkeld Cathedral and even including an theatre, literary, children’s events, plus the vis30 April -3 May iron age Crannog on Loch Tay…25 venues in all ual arts and films. Events take place in a range in 2014! The Festival as the UK's most northerly folk fes- of venues throughout the region, from large to tival is regarded a prestigious event for perform- small, formal to informal, urban to rural. www.perthshireamber.com ers, locals and visitors alike. Organised by a volwww.dgartsfestival.org.uk untary committee (and run by an even bigger pool of volunteers) the Festival prides itself in reaching out to even the most far flung areas of Orkney Folk Festival Shetland. Concerts are organised throughout the Orkney consisting of some of the best Interna21-24 May Kinross-shire's Winter Festival isles, tional, British and Shetland music that the world Kinross-shire has to offer. In fact, visiting artistes are reguHere we are folks – Orkney Folk Festival number November-December larly dumbfounded by the quantity and quality of 33! Once again we have some big names coming local musicians that our remote isles have to of- north to join in the fun in May, and from the Kinross-shire Winter Festival celebrates all local fer. ceilidh bands to the almost indie strand, we have events happening during November and Decembrought together a broad mix of artists that we ber. Kinross-shire Local Events Organisation www.shetlandfolkfestival.com hope appeals to everyone’s interpretation of the (KLEO) has announced that Eddi Reader increasingly expansive folk genre. As ever, our will perform at the Kinross-shire's Winter Festival local traditions and musicians – both established on Saturday 22 November. For updates, tickets and emerging – will be centre stage alongside Isle of Bute Jazz Festival and more information please visit the festival those visiting the festival. Isle of Bute website ..... 1-4 May 2015 www.orkneyfolkfestival.com www.kinrosswinterfestival.co.uk The 28th Isle of Bute Jazz Festival has grown spectacularly from its small beginnings to become one of Britain's most popular jazz week-
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